After I got into the drama, I led the plot astray

Du Feilong bowed deeply to Zheng Yan and said, "I didn't know that Your Highness the Crown Prince would come to visit me. I am sorry for not welcoming you. I beg Your Highness to forgive me."

Zheng Yan laughed and said, "Lord Du, you are too polite. Here is the gift list."

As soon as Zheng Yan finished speaking, a eunuch took out a long gift list and began to read it: "One hundred thousand taels of silver, a pair of jade ruyi, a pair of blood corals, a set of blood jade jewelry, ten South China Sea pearls..."

This long gift list was enough to astonish everyone present, including Zhao Fangping and Gui Lannuo!

As soon as Yi Ping appeared, Zhao Fangping recognized who she was.

Zhao Fangping looked at Yi Ping as if she had seen a ghost, she had never expected that a girl from the country not only did not die, but was alive and well, and finally married into a rich family and became the goddaughter of Minister Du!

The script doesn't even allow for this kind of performance!

She was always high and mighty, and could not accept Yi Ping's counterattack. She looked at Yi Ping's hair full of pearls and jade and her body full of silk and satin, and she was almost mad with anger.

What’s more, after the prince came in, he didn’t even look at her, and even gave that damn girl Yiping a huge gift!

She is the Crown Princess, and everything that belongs to the Crown Prince should belong to her. Why should she give it to that bitch Yi Ping!

The more Zhao Fangping thought about it, the angrier he got. So he turned around and said to Gui Lannuo with a smile, "Just this generous gift from the Crown Prince can make this wild girl, who came from an illegitimate background, live a life of luxury. It's a pity that you haven't entered the palace yet, otherwise all these would be yours, right? Look at those ten southern pearls, each one is as big as a baby's fist. Not to mention you, I'm so envious of them."

Gui Lannuo was provoked by Zhao Fangping and immediately felt that Yi Ping had snatched something that originally belonged to her, which made her jealous. No wonder she tore Yi Ping's smiling face into pieces, making her unable to smile for the rest of her life.

Zhao Fangping felt that her goal had been achieved. She smiled coldly, then pretended to casually pick up the teacup and took a sip of tea, waiting for the show to begin.

After Yi Ping took Zheng Yan's gift list, he bowed deeply to Zheng Yan. Du Feilong and Du Fu then invited Zheng Yan to take a seat.

But Zheng Yan didn't want to sit in the chair. He glanced around and found that Gongsun Wen and I were sitting in the corner, so he strode towards us.

While everyone's attention was on Zheng Yan, Cheng Dazhi quietly left. He didn't even eat the vegetables I gave him and only drank a few glasses of wine the whole time.

Gongsun Wen saw Zheng Yan walking towards us, and his face darkened. He muttered, "What you fear will come true. Why do these people like to get close to me?"

Before he could finish his muttering, Zheng Yan came to us.

Gongsun Wen and I had to stand up and salute Zheng Yan.

Zheng Yan sat down next to me carelessly. At this time, a servant had come over to take away Cheng Dazhi's bowl and chopsticks and served Zheng Yan a new set of bowl and chopsticks.

Gongsun Wen filled a glass of wine for Zheng Yan. Zheng Yan waved his hand and said, "Teacher and Ah Man, please sit down. There's no need to be so polite."

Gongsun Wen and I sat down.

Zheng Yan smiled and said to me, "Ah Man, are you satisfied with my gift list?"

I nodded quickly and said, "Satisfied, very satisfied!"

Zheng Yan laughed again and said, "As long as you are satisfied, it's good. Ah Man feels satisfied, and I feel proud too!"

I always feel that what Zheng Yan said is a bit strange, but I don’t know what’s strange about it.

The scene of Zheng Yan talking and laughing with us became a sharp knife in Zhao Fangping's eyes, stabbing her to pieces.

She stared at us with a serious expression, and the handkerchief in her hand was almost twisted into a piece of pickle.

I saw that Zhao Fangping looked at us with eyes that seemed to be filled with poison. I couldn't help but push Zheng Yan and said, "Your Crown Princess looks like she wants to eat us. It's so scary."

Our table was at the end of the men's section, so we could just see what was going on at the women's section.

Zheng Yan turned his head suddenly and his eyes met Zhao Fangping's. Zhao Fangping was stunned at first, then he showed the most standard smile, and then bowed slightly towards Zheng Yan, which was considered a salute.

Zhao Fangping had a decent and generous smile, was beautiful, and had a pair of big, twinkling eyes. It was hard for Zheng Yan not to be fascinated by her.

Zheng Yan also smiled back and waved at Zhao Fangping.

I watched Zhao Fangping's face-changing technique and couldn't help but praise him: "Your Highness, your life will be so interesting if you marry her in the future. When you are bored, you can ask her to change her face for you. You don't even have to pay for the show. It's such a good deal."

After hearing this, Gongsun Wen almost spit out the wine in his mouth. Fortunately, he turned his head in time and swallowed the wine in his mouth, almost choking himself to death.

Zheng Yan said to me calmly, "Ah Man, you are being naughty again. Come and eat quickly, the food is getting cold."

It was against the rules for Zheng Yan to sit with us, but Du Feilong saw that we were talking and laughing, so he didn't dare to ask Zheng Yan to sit in the chair.

Finally, he had no choice but to pretend that he didn't see it. He picked up the wine glass and took his wife, son and Yi Ping to toast at each table, temporarily putting Prince Zheng Yan aside.

There are quite a few people attending the banquet this time. There are at least thirty tables with male and female guests combined. It will take a lot of time to finish this round of toasts.

Du Feilong and his family started toasting from the men's table, and soon came to our table. Gongsun Wen and I stood up to toast back, but Zheng Yan sat still, as steady as a rock. The Du family knelt down in unison, respectfully holding their wine glasses to toast Zheng Yan.

When I watched TV dramas before, I always felt that people in ancient times lived a very tiring life, kneeling all the time. But now that I have traveled through time, I find that the etiquette in TV dramas is not even one ten-thousandth of the real thing.

No matter how well it is performed in TV dramas, it still looks a little artificial. Here, the greetings must be sincere. If disrespectful is shown, the consequences may be dire.

It took a while for our table to finish toasting, but the others were much quicker, with everyone just taking a sip as a token of appreciation and calling it a day.

After the men finished toasting, they walked over to the women.

The table where Zhao Fangping and Gui Lannuo sat was not too close to the front, it could only be considered in the middle.

There are rules for where each person sits, usually according to official rank, from top to bottom. Except for our table, no one else in the entire venue dared to sit randomly.

Du Feilong's family soon toasted to Zhao Fangping's table.

Everyone at the table stood up, holding their glasses to toast the Du family. At this moment, Gui Lannuo's hand loosened, and the wine glass fell to the ground with a bang and broke into several pieces.

Gui Lannuo quickly said, "Sorry, my hand slipped."

After saying that, Gui Lannuo quickly bent down to pick up the fragments.

Mrs. Du hurried to help Gui Lannuo and said, "It's good that the cup is broken. The broken pieces are even. Miss Gui, don't pick it up. Just let the servants do it."